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Fans, pundits and journalists have been intrigued to find out whether the can make a mark at Premiership level, and they’re still waiting.

The 21-year-old will do well to oust Ross Batty and Tom Dunn for the hooker’s birth in the big games – Michael van Vuuren is also at the club – but if he can put together a decent run we might finally get to see what he is made of.

Jack Walker made his debut against Cardiff at the Arms Park (Image: Patrick Khachfe/Onside Images)

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Sam Underhill

Now in the England set-up and with head coach Eddie Jones saying the 21-year-old is near the front of the queue of Red Rose opensides, this is a big season for Underhill.

And he’ll get his shot at Bath, too, if Francois Louw is called back into the South Africa squad after shoulder surgery and is not available for his club until December.

Not only will Underhill be able to learn from the likes of scavenger supreme Louw, he will provide the kind of extra option and depth Bath need in what will be an intense season with plenty of big games in the league and Champions Cup.

Sam Underhill sings the national anthem with his England team-mates on his debut against Argentina (Image: Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

Freddie Burns

The “King of Bath” (that's what his clubmates have been calling him in jest) has returned.

Burns will be putting himself under pressure to perform for his home-town club, while there will inevitably be comparisons to George Ford.

As well as Burns' desire to do the club where he was a junior proud, don’t underestimate how much he'll want to prove a point, given the way he felt he was treated by his old club Leicester Tigers when the Ford deal was being negotiated.

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Burns is an attacking fly-half who arguably ended last season as the most in-form ten in the Premiership. His goal kicking was also up there with the top marksman in the competition.

It’s going to be a big season for Burns – he will be in direct competition with another ex-international in Rhys Priestland – but I reckon he will handle the pressure and become a key member of the squad.

Anthony Watson

Watson’s club form over the last two seasons has been underwhelming compared to his impressive showings for England and, latterly, the British & Irish Lions in New Zealand.

Given the 23-year-old was considered one of the two best wingers in Britain and Ireland by Warren Gatland and his coaching team, he really should start tearing it up at club level, whether that’s on the wing or at full-back.